An Enterprise is modelled and studied based on the concepts of the methodology of complex activity.
The proposed representation embraces the following key aspects of an Enterprise:
Humans and their active choices as key elements of an Enterprise – Human Capital;
Nontrivial structure of the subject matter of the control, which is defined by the goal/logical structure;
Implementation of CA during all phases of its lifecycle;
Technology of CA – the system of conditions, criteria, forms, methods, and means to successfully
achieve a stated goal. Technology is incorporated in the Knowledge of the Enterprise.
The Enterprise control problem is posed and solved as an aggregate of mathematical optimization
problems. As a result, a harmonized set of mathematical models and methods is proposed that not
only models the essential features of the Enterprise as a complex system of systems but also allows
solving Enterprise control problems as formal mathematical optimization problems.